My Arms Can Turn into Blades

Chapter 379 - 229: Ballpoint Pen Dipped in Vermillion—The Pinnacle of Half-Heartedness (Part 2)

"Pfft... Sis, look, what is this even supposed to be, a brush stroke talisman with ballpoint pen characters."

Lin Wan looked at the completed talisman on the table, laughing so hard she was shaking.

Lin Ying leaned on Chen Lusi, unable to hold back her laughter as well.

Chen Lusi pretended not to hear, silently picking up the talisman from the table and gently waving it.

Lin Ying rested her head on Chen Lusi’s shoulder and softly asked, "Can this actually work?"

Lin Wan stopped laughing after a while, noticing that Chen Lusi showed no expression. She gently hugged his arm and playfully said, "Brother-in-law, how about I grind ink for you then."

"..."

Chen Lusi opened his mouth, about to speak.

But suddenly, a burning sensation spread from the palm of his right hand, quickly heating up.

... In just half a second, it was as if a branding iron pressed into his palm, with a piercing pain suddenly striking.

At the same time, on the ’Mountain Water’ talisman head added by Chen Lusi, a golden line suddenly appeared at the edge and began to slowly trace along the outline...

Chen Lusi winced, noticing this scene, and immediately wanted to put down the talisman.

But as soon as he moved, before he could put the talisman down.

Whoosh——

The talisman suddenly burst into flames.

Soon after.

Chen Lusi was instantly pulled back, collapsing and shrinking, turning into a wisp of blue smoke along with the talisman, disappearing right before their eyes.

Everything happened so fast, so fast that even the two sisters didn’t have time to react.

And both were leaning on Chen Lusi.

When Chen Lusi disappeared, they immediately lost balance, bumping their heads together.

Lin Wan reached up to cover her head, raised it to look around, and then made eye contact with her sister, voicing her confusion.

"... Huh?"

...

Meanwhile.

Celestial Strategy Trading.

Si Yujie was half-lying on the table, with her rear in the air, boredly scrolling through her phone.

After Chen Lusi left, Wu You and Xia Panqiu had also followed him out.

Now, besides her, the entire Celestial Strategy Trading had only Shu Li and the small team she led.

And Si Yujie didn’t really like Shu Li, because she always felt that Shu Li was very much like Tang Language... so her interactions with her were minimal, just confined to saying hello when they met.

She already felt idle, and now didn’t even have anyone to chat with at work... even more idle.

"So boring."

Si Yujie put down her phone, propping her cheek as she looked towards the exit, then suddenly joked, "Send over a man."

She was just making a jest, mocking her monotonous work environment, and adjusting herself a little.

But just as she spoke.

The air right in front of her suddenly started to twist.

Then.

Accompanied by flying embers, Chen Lusi suddenly appeared right in front of her.

Stumbling, Chen Lusi landed, unsteady as he took a few steps forward until his hands grasped the counter, barely managing to steady himself.

"..."

Si Yujie looked at Chen Lusi, who appeared suddenly, her mouth slightly open, directly stunned in place.

Since when did she have Words and Laws Follow?

And how did the man come so coincidentally?

Can she summon whatever she thinks of?

On the other side.

Chen Lusi shook his head, managing to stop the dizziness, then looked up at Si Yujie, then glanced around, realizing where he was.

... It actually worked.

"Why are you back?"

Si Yujie noticed Chen Lusi’s observation, but he didn’t seem too surprised, realizing something, she immediately dismissed her wild thoughts, frowning as she asked, "And how did you get back? What was with those embers just now? And your way of appearing..."

Setting aside those wild thoughts.

The shock quickly replaced the surprise.

Chen Lusi’s tier is currently very low, and his authority ability doesn’t belong to the long-distance movement type. Xia Yue just said that Chen Lusi was in Jinling, so the use of gadgets could also be ruled out.

So how did he get back in such a short time?

And... teleportation?

Is this his new authority ability?

"..."

Hearing Si Yujie’s words, Chen Lusi raised his head, then sighed, "It’s a long story. I need to experiment again before I can give you an answer... Do you have a pen and vermillion?"

"Pen and vermillion? We do have them..."

Si Yujie nodded upon hearing this, then asked, "But what do you want to do?"

"Please give it to me first, let me try it out."

Si Yujie thought for a moment, then nodded again, taking a step forward and disappearing in place.

About five seconds later.

She returned to the front desk, handed a pen and a small bag of vermillion to Chen Lusi.

She also brought a ballpoint pen.

Obviously.

She hadn’t thought in terms of talismans at all.

After all, the cutoff of the Daoist lineage is practically common knowledge.

"So what do you want to do? What use is this vermillion? If you hadn’t brought it up, I would’ve forgotten we had it in the warehouse."

Chen Lusi uncertainly replied, "Draw a talisman?"

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Si Yujie looked at Chen Lusi in shock, "Draw a talisman? What kind of talisman are you drawing?"

"It’s a long story."

Chen Lusi responded while taking out his phone, searching for the Shrinking Earth Talisman image he had just seen, "You know Zhang Xiufeng?"

Si Yujie asked back, "The one from Dragon Tiger Mountain?"

"Yes."

Chen Lusi found the Shrinking Earth Talisman image, zoomed in, and then set the phone aside, picking up the ballpoint pen, dipping it in vermillion, and began copying.

"I know... so what are you doing? Really drawing a talisman? Drawing with a ballpoint pen?"

Si Yujie responded, then noticed Chen Lusi’s actions, somewhat amused as she said, "What kind of joke is this, fool, even kids know this won’t work!"

"Zhang Xiufeng asked me to try adding a talisman head to a talisman."